Re: Administrator is not the "Boss" on this machine.

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 06:23:30 GMT

The link below describes how to reset defined security settings back to default
levels. You can simply copy and paste the command into your command prompt window. If
you can not run that command you may not be logged on as an administrator.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;313222

If you messed with Group Policy settings for user configuration the solution above
will not reverse those changes. If problems persist I suggest you open local Group
Policy via gpedit.msc in the run box and go to user configuration/administrative
templates and browse the various settings of which there are a couple hundred and if
you see any that are enabled or disabled, that may be causing the problem. Read the
descriptions of the defined setting and then reverse the restriction if any are found
as if setting is enabled set it to disabled. If nothing is defined, look for a
setting that sounds like it may be restricting your access and either enable or
disable it as appropriate. Also be sure to run a full virus scan on your computer
using the latest available definitions from your vendor as unexplained loss of access
could mean that you have been infected or hacked. Also run AdAware to check for
parasites. Even if you are more concerned about convenience that security you MUST
use a strong password for your administrator account as many trojans/malwares will
try to hack it and if it is weak or none they will be able to install themselves. --
Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://www.download.com/3000-2094-10045910.html?legacy=cnet

"GSCheyenne" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1e9a01c4a116$319fb880$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I'm running Win2000Pro on a notebook, which only I use,
> both as a standone and when I'm at my office to network to
> my desktop (running win98se), which only I use.
>
> I really have no real need for "security" in the typical
> sense of having one computer or network shared among
> numerous users. (I suppose if somebody steals the
> computers, they can peek at my blog, or other stuff
> similarly useless to anyone else, but then I'll have the
> greater worry about getting the computer back.)
>
> So, I want to configure both computers with the MINIMUM of
> passwords/lockouts/checkpoints and the MAXIMUM of free and
> easy access . . . from myself to myself by myself.
>
> I set up an "account" for myself in the "administrator"
> group, naturally. I thought, and intend, that I have ALL
> the rights, and nothing I can't change, and that seemed to
> be working for a while.
>
> Then the computer began to lock me out of certain
> functions, such as changing the "location" of the computer
> for dial-up rules. (Although I can go into the DUN
> properties and change the rule manually, I can't access
> "locations." I get an error saying that the access is
> cancelled because of "restrictions on the computer" and "go
> see you administrator." BUT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THE
> ADMINISTRATOR. More recently, it refused to send email,
> with a msg that "relaying is denied by the adminstrator."
>
> Apparently, in the early days of my stumbling around this
> OS (oh, I should mention I've had this only about a month,
> and Win2000Pro came with the machine, and w/o
> documentation), I must have put some restriction (or
> removed some rights) from the administrator definition (is
> that what's called "group policy"?). I don't know if this
> is related, but I know that I went into the list of
> "services" and disabled some which I thought were accessing
> websites I had no interest in. Could I have changed one I
> shouldn't have?
>
> How can I set if back to its default, where I get ALL the
> rights?
>
> Yes, of corse, I can reformat and reinstall WIN2000, BUT
> I'm spent most of the month installing and customizing a
> few dozen programs, toolbars, desktop formats, and such,
> and it would waste a great deal of time if all that were
> lost and had to be re-done. If it were necessary to
> reformat/reinstall, is it possible to save my configs on
> another computer?
>
> Help! anyone!
>
> Thanks.
>
> G.
>
>

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